Travel

Nguyen Thi Chuyen has sold banh duc Tau, a type of steamed rice cake, in Hai Phong’s Le Chan District since 1989. More than 10 people are seated on the sidewalk in front of a home at 159 Hai Ba Trung Street on a chilly evening enjoying the delicious food. …

Without any signs, chairs, or a fixed location, Lan has been serving satisfied customers banh mi with grilled beef rolled in betel leaves for over 30 years. Every day, Lan rolls her cart through the alleys and streets of Xom Chieu Ward in Saigon’s District 4. She often passes Ton …

Walking down the streets, so the common refrain goes, is like entering a battlefield. But you might think otherwise when you consider the annual statistics for accidents in Vietnam. Recent articles have provided a wealth of information, reflecting on the realities of tourism in Vietnam fairly accurately. But why is …

Tran Tuan Viet and Vu Xuan Chinh have won “honorable mentions” at the annual International Monochrome Photography Awards. Viet’s photo of farmers cycling by a lone tree on the outskirts of Hanoi on a winter morning was honored in the “Fine Art” category. Farmers cycle on the outskirts of Hanoi …

Though China reopened its borders Sunday after nearly three years of Covid lockdowns, it has not yet allowed tourists in either direction and has yet to issue visas. However, thousands of Chinese citizens living in Vietnam returned home across border gates in northern provinces. Authorities in Dongxing City in China’s …

Vietnamese cuisine was ranked the 20th best in the world, putting it above neighbors like Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines, according to readers of international food magazine TasteAtlas. In Southeast Asia, Vietnamese cuisine was only behind Indonesia’s, ranked 16th, in the ranking of the cuisines of 95 countries and territories, …

Southeast Asia’s tourist economies are set to be leading beneficiaries of China’s scrapping of travel bans as they have steered clear of the Covid-19 tests before entry that Europe, Japan and the United States have imposed on Chinese visitors. Even as the virus tears through its 1.4 billion people, the …

The Vietnam Immigration Department has suspended an officer on the suspicion of asking for a tip from a Singaporean tourist at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport. On Thursday, a representative of the department under the Ministry of Public Security said the suspension was ordered to investigate the allegation. The representative …

Eleven million international passengers passed through Vietnamese airports last year, up 22 times from 2021 when borders were closed, but still far behind pre-pandemic levels. The figure was only equivalent to 27% of pre-pandemic levels as the international aviation market recovered slowly amid challenges in resuming regular air services to …

Eleven million international passengers passed through Vietnamese airports last year, up 22 times from 2021, as Vietnam reopened its borders and lifted most entry restrictions. But the figure was only equivalent to 27% of pre-pandemic levels as the international aviation market recovered slowly amid challenges in resuming regular air services …